nervousness

From nervous +‎ -ness.

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nervousness (countable and uncountable, plural nervousnesses)

1. The state or quality of being nervous.
   • March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     A part of the nervousness at Chelsea involves whether any more sponsors will follow the telecommunications and internet service provider Three in withdrawing support, at least temporarily.

• nervosity (much less common)

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “nervousness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “nervousness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.